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Layer Styles vs Effects & Presets
Hello,
A layerstyle (drop shadow) on a pin drop on a map , (when pin is duplicated 40+ times) takes unnecessarily long to render.
Would it be faster to use Effects & Presets> Drop Shadow ?
How are these calculated ?
Also, “Trim Paths”. which is nested like a layerstyle, would this be similarly render intensive VS just drawing a path and applying Effects & Presets > Stroke ?
Regards,
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[Jack Kavinsky] “A layerstyle (drop shadow) on a pin drop on a map , (when pin is duplicated 40+ times) takes unnecessarily long to render. Would it be faster to use Effects & Presets> Drop Shadow ?”
Yes, especially in the latest release, where Drop Shadow is a GPU-accelerated effect.
Walter Soyka
Designer & Mad Scientist at Keen Live [link]
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
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You been here for a long time my friend, thanks for responding.
Usually animation i do in these .mov are done 4 sec in. (with motion blur) , I notice that the render takes longer during the beginning. But then nothing is happening for the rest of the the clip so the render moves faster. (Render time between 3 to 6 min)
This render with the pin on a map had animation done within 4 sec, but the render took long on every frame, render time for that particular 15 sec .move was like 29min.
Layer Styles are re-calculated on every frame it seems.
Regards,
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Walter, thanks for responding.
“Yes, especially in the latest release, where Drop Shadow is a GPU-accelerated effect.”
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Memory & Multiprocessing settings i’m currently using:
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